Brake-belt link.



IGNACE CoUILoMBE, orrALL RIVER, MAssiicHUsETTsi BRAKE-'BELT LINK.

To allai/0m t 'may concern ,I

Be known that I; IGNACE CoU'LoMBE, a citizenofthe UnitedStates, and aresident of Fall River, in the county 'of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts,' liave'invented' certain new a and useful Improvementsin' Brake-Belt Links, of which the following is a specication.

My inv'ention is an improvement in brake belt links,and has for itsobject-,the pro visionof a simple, inexpensive device of the characterspecified, composed of a sei-ies of interchangingl links,l each of whichcarries van inset of cork, extending beyond one face of the link.

ln the drawings: Figure l' is a plan view of the improved belt.;v F ig.9. is a sideA view, with one link in section; and, Fig. 3 is aperspectivev'iew of a single link.

having a high 'one end to the other.

, The'piesent embodiment of the invention is coinp'osed of a series ofinterengaging links, orniing an endless band or belt, and each link isprovided with an inset of cork or like material having ahiglicoeiiicient of friction. Each of .the links l'is of sheet iiietal,stamped cut or cast-to shape, and provided at one end with a transverseslotl 2 The opposite end of the link is reducedvv to forni an outwardlyextending lug 3, and the iee end #l of the lng is bent back upon thebody of the lug to 'forni a liook for engaging the slot 2 of thesucceeding link. Each (if the links is also provided with: a centralropening 5, approximately rectangular. in

shape, and atI each end of the said opening the link is provided with alaterallpvT extending lug 6,having at its :treeend an in'- wardlyextending tlangef? The flanges 7 are in the saine plane and extendtoward each other, while' the lugs 6 are inclined inwardly toward theirouter ends. i or'plug 8 of'corkor like librous n iaterial.-

coeilicient of Jfriction, is held in the opening of each link, the endof the block resting on the ilaingcs 7.' of the blacks 8 is rectangularin cross section and gradually decreases in cross secticinfifoiii Thesiiiall end of the block is received in the opening,- and the Specicatonof Letters Patent.

A blockl v -Iiatented May 1913.

iipiiiieatimiiiied nay 21; i912. seriai No. seams.

lli-gs t3 are inclined to fit the sides 'ofthe block. The greaterportion of the block is on Vthe side of the link` remt from the flanges,and the large ends ofthe blocks are designed to engage the brake wheel,pr the like, upon which the belt is used. .The faces of the blocks atthe large ends are' in approxiiiiatelythe saine plane,and if not atV,first they Will'soon wear even;

In the present embodiment of the inven-c tion, the opening 5 is orrnedbyan H-shaped parallel longitudinal cuts, A.one vnear each side edge, andconnecting the cuts atv their center by a transverse slit. The portionsof the link between tli'ecut aretlien. bent to'.

forni the lugs and flanges '7. This is the preferable constructionon-ac'eoiint of the ecoiioiny in metal and labor, but it is obvious thatthe link might befornied in other manners.

The belt niay'be used until the blocks are ooinposed of a pltiiality ks,each link end and a tliefslot of .i sheetinaterial having at one 'end aslot and at the other a4 liookand 'liaving'a4 central opening. said linkhaving inwardly ei teiidv ing holding flanges at each end of the open.-ing and offset .laterally'froin the plane of the 1li'117 and connectedto the link,` and a block of cork .in the .said opening Yand engagingthe flanges. y

IGNACE COULOMBE.

Witnesses Fiumi' YV. Savrtniiizs,

. DANIEL A. MURPHY.

having a centralflanges at one of its ends..

sul cut, that is by' slitting the link with two

